The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.

HAYLEY, William.

$200.00

Item Number: 138374

London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.

Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley’s popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn ins, marbled endpapers, illustrated with fine engraved plates by Stothard. Elegant period ownership inscriptions.

Hayley's best known work, The Triumphs of Temper was so popular it saw eight editions before 1824. A morality tale for young women, the author aimed, through the tale of his heroine, to "to reform the entire feminine mind of England by the advice'"(Bishop, 53).